The Sarjeant Co. Ltd. will receive $400,000 from the province to help fund construction of a new read-mix concrete plant in Parry Sound.

The contract sees the Toronto company work in tandem with New York designers Martha Schwartz Partners to create a public space at the venue.

Ontario needs to quickly and aggressively build more homes to address the province's housing crisis, by increasing density, and limiting consultations and appeals, expert advisers said Tuesday.

Short supplies of key materials such as wood, plastics, metal and composites helped drive residential and non-residential construction costs higher again in the fourth quarter of last year, and to all-time highs in 2021 overall.

Ewen Fisher passed away in January at the age of 86. He was among a group of nine founders that helped propel IBI Group to its standing today as one of the largest architecture/engineering firms in the world.